Transformers Haslab Victory Saber Revealed! Crowdfunding Campaign Live!

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Smokie, Aug 27, 2021.

  1. deathdrive

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    If i get cancelled again im gonna be so mad. They provided zero explaination, didnt bother to offer me a solution. Also 24k backers and hasbro really thought this product wouldnt sell. God what assholes. Thats 24k plus who knows how many people who would have bought it if it were not a backer only purchase. Instead they overprice the damn thing and bully us into funding it. May as well make all combiners backer only purchases as well.

    This whole thing is scummy. I can understand unicron. Hell i never backed it because its too big, has problems i dont like and too expensive of course. They could have sold victory saber as 2 diff figures and because kids dont even know most of the mainline characters they bought would have bought it, collectors would have bought it, parents who dont know shit anyway would have bought it because it looks cool too.

    We need to stop enabling hasbro yall. Stop backing up their lame excuses. Distribution is bad enough already plus all their exclusives. This hobby is getting too fomo predatory and dont just think about the US market please.
     
  2. Obnimaz

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    Did Zavvi cancel your order or Hasbro? Which thing is scummy? Hasbro's excuse for what? Hasbro has operations in several markets, it's pretty much impossible to unify them since demand and demographic vary wildly market to market.
     
  3. Chaos Studios

    Chaos Studios Traditional Animator/Storyboard Artist

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    Not to play devils advocate, ESPECIALLY for hasbro of all things, but

    1. Almost no one outside of diehard collectors or readers of the idw comics know who star saber is, kids would probably want another optimus prime or megatron compared to this guy, hell they would've thought this was optimus himself. The age range for this is 16 and up too. And with the stuff coming with his kit and all the gimmicks and shit, I'm not surprised the did a crowd funding, if they did a regular retail we would've probably gotten a worse version or a qc issued mess so, meh.

    2. You're really asking people to not buy transformers or hasbro stuff on this forum? That's like asking twitter to be sane or normal for 5 minutes, it ain't gonna happen lmao.
     
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  4. rendsora

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    Hasbro the wretched hive of scum and villainy.
     
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  5. Chaos Studios

    Chaos Studios Traditional Animator/Storyboard Artist

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    Fucking hasblow
     
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  6. Easterling Capt

    Easterling Capt I am Vern Schillinger

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    So much wrong in this..I dont know were to start.....
     
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  7. Neo-Primus

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    Same here, to me “3rd party” aren’t Transformers, so I have no interest in them.
     
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  8. Autoboty

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    I've placed my order on Robotkingdom so I won't be charged until later, but man, I seriously can't wait.
     
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  9. Fishsticks

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    EB Games where I got mine from just required a $10 deposit

    Went today and paid $50 more, so just $309 to go
     
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  10. geekatron prime

    geekatron prime The Grammar Police must be on strike.

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    The deed is done. :) 

    Now for the year long wait and the divorce papers from my wallet. :oops: 
     
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  11. Chaos Studios

    Chaos Studios Traditional Animator/Storyboard Artist

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    The fuck? Did you buy like 4 ?
     
  12. geekatron prime

    geekatron prime The Grammar Police must be on strike.

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    5 total. 3 for me and two for friends. They gave me the money for theirs. My place is safer for theirs to be delivered to.
     
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  13. Kupp

    Kupp Relic of a time before time. TFW2005 Supporter

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    Well my cash is now one with the Allspark.
     
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  14. Fort Max

    Fort Max Too many is never enough. Veteran

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    Flawless Victory!
     
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  15. Obnimaz

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    Whew, that's paid for! That's a relief!

    Black Zarak has entered the chat.
     
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  16. Henriquedematos

    Henriquedematos Transformers make me want to be dead

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    Damn, you guys are already getting the payments sucked out of your accounts? My order with Zavvi is still being processed, hopefully this is normal.
     
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    Haha, yes I remember you saw my Prime gif and asked if it could be made small enough to be an avatar, and it worked!

    I've no real contribution to this thread as I'm not a backer, but Godspeed to you all, I hope this figure comes out well. I have the MP and he's pretty great!

    [​IMG]
     
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  18. Obnimaz

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    it sounds like HasbroPulse US processed payments right at the end of the crowdfund, Zavvi, EB and other third parties would process whenever they normally treat preorders
     
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  19. Shepard Prime

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    I honestly thought this was some SNL or Family Guy skit involving the Cookie Monster.

    Let's just say, if I ever have a real-life Talking Tina or Chucky moment in my room I'd be hopelessly dead.

    I don't know about overpriced. $179.00 US seems about right when compared to 3P limited runs.

    Yeah. If anything, if this was mass produced *as is* (meaning the fully funded version with everything), it likely would've cost *more*.

    Black Zarak is shadowbanned till next year by my wallet. :D 
     
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  20. Henriquedematos

    Henriquedematos Transformers make me want to be dead

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    Man, I hope so, would kinda suck if there's something wrong my with Zavvi order that I didn't know about. Hopefully they process it soon.
     
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